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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Chapter 1 A chemically differentiated earth -- Chapter 2 Compression, tension and shear figure; The rock cycle figure; Periodic table box -- Chapter 3 The outer zones of the earth; Locations of volcanoes and earthquakes; Principal world lithospheric plates; Continental rifting; Convergent plates boundaries figure; Convection cells; The cycle in plate-tectonic terms -- Chapter 4 Elastic rebound; Diagram of a fault; World earthquake epicenters; Seismic body waves; Exponential increase in ground; Motion/richer magnitude; Amplified ground shaking in; Unconsolidated materials; Tsunami travel times; Principal seismic gaps; Displacement between pacific and north; American plates; U.S. seismic-risk map; Seismic shadow zone phenomenon; Box -- Chapter 5 Volcanoes of the world; Diagram of a fissure eruption; Shield volcanoe in cross section; Volcanic dome formation; Cinder cone formation; Cross-section of a stratovolcano; Aftermath of mount St. Helens eruption; Volcano aerosois from Mt. Pinatubo; The cascade range volcano subduction; Zone; Map of hawaiian volcanoes/rift zones; Box -- Chapter 6 Hydrologic cycle; Streams and their drainage basins; Schematic of saltation; Development of a floodplain; Floodplain development increases; Flood stage; Levees; Effects of dam construction on a stream; The mississippi river's drainage basin; Box -- Chapter 7 Beach profile; Waves/breakers; Wave-cut platforms; Longshore currents; Sediment redistribution; Wave refraction; Effects of rises in sea level; Chapter 8 Landslide potential in the U.S.; Effects of slope geometry on slide; Potential guide; Angle of repose; Effects of construction and human; Habitation on slope stability; Rockfalls; Diagram of a rockslide; Diagram of a slump; Improved drainage enhances slope; Stability; Installation of rock bolts to stabilize a slope; Signs of creep -- Chapter 9 Formation of a terminal moraine; Principal atmospheric circulation patterns; Wind abrasion on low-lying rocks; Schematic of dune migration; Loess distribution in the central united states; World's arid lands; Pleistocene glaciation epoch; Shoreline before end of last glacial phase; The greenhouse effect; Flooding from melting of world's ice sheets -- Chapter 10 An unconfined aquifer; Artificially produced water pressure; Perched water table; Saltwater intrusion; Average annual precipitation in the contiguous U.S.; U.S. regional variations in water use; Changes in water levels in the ogallala formation box -- Chapter 11 Generalized soil profile; Textual classes of soil; Erosion and associated sediment deposit -- Chapter 12 Copper and molybdenum deposits; Precious-metal deposits; Red sea muds; Pre-continental-drift reassembly of landmasses -- Chapter 13 Types of petroleum traps; U.S. coal fields; U.S. oil shale deposits; Unconventional petroleum deposits; Western canada; U.S. tar sands -- Chapter 14 U.S. uranium deposits; U.S. distribution of solar energy; Utilization of geothermal energy; Geothermal power plants worldwide; U.S. distribution of wind energy -- Chapter 15 Solid waste sources; Principal industrial solid-waste sources; Municipal waste makeup; Leachate contamination from poorly sited landfill; Landfill design for toxic-waste disposal -- Chapter 17 Reservoirs and fluxes in the carbon cycle; "Substandard" ari-quality areas; Lead declines -- Chapter 20 Radiation in water, air

General Education General Education : Sociology

General Education General Education : Sociology

General Education General Education : Sociology

General Education General Education : Sociology

General Education General Education : Sociology

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